Watcher’s Diary #28: Sisters? We’re Close.
October 7, 2026
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5 min readWatcher's Diary #28: Sisters? We're Close.
Kristen and Jenny are back for a Watcher's Diary after a long hiatus — Jenny fresh off a national tour, Kristen deep in planning their 10-year live event in Brooklyn. The episode moves through a handful of loosely connected threads: a critical take on Practical Magic 2, a listener's deep dive into the folklore of "wicker husbands," an extended medical clarification about whether urine is actually sterile, and a new installment of "What Was Dawn Doing?" that lands with surprising emotional weight.
The Sisters Question
The conversation opens with Practical Magic 2, which both hosts saw in theaters — and neither liked, though for different reasons. Kristen's frustration is specific: the sequel felt like it misunderstood what made the original work. "Are these sisters fucking?" she asks, only half joking. The original film's power, she argues, came from its "deep heartbeat of women together" — the aunts dancing, the sisters united against the family curse. The sequel, by contrast, felt compelled to give Sandra Bullock's character a conventional love story and introduced a male mentor figure to guide the sisters through their magical crisis. "It just felt wild to me that in this universe they would have taken that path," Kristen says. Jenny's complaint is blunter: "I was just upset that it was bad." She also notes the strange vi
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:00) **Catching Up: Tour Life and Podcast Planning** - Jenny and Kristen rejoin after a break, catching up on Jenny's recent tour and Kristen's planning for their 10-year live event in Brooklyn.
- 2 (05:57) **Review: "Practical Magic 2" and Sisterly Vibes** - The hosts discuss the sequel, focusing on the intense, almost romantic chemistry between the two leads and their frustration with the plot.
- 3 (14:09) **Tour Story: Aldrich's First Night Show** - Jenny shares a story about her son Aldrich attending her nighttime show for the first time, including a memorable heckle and a spontaneous dance during intermission.
- 4 (19:52) **Listener Email: Wicker, Bred Husbands, and Folklore** - A listener email connects the "wicker" gag in *Buffy* to a broader folktale tradition about women crafting their own husbands.
- 5 (22:08) **Listener Emails: Autocorrect Fails and Urine Science** - Two short, humorous emails: one about an autocorrect error making "pod mom" into "old mom," and a medical doctor's clarification on the sterility of urine.
- 6 (26:07) **What Was Dawn Doing? Season 3 Premiere** - The hosts read the latest installment of their fan-fiction series, imagining Dawn's perspective during the season 3 premiere, "Anne."
- 7 (40:03) **Listener Email: "Anne" as Faith Foreshadowing** - A listener argues that Buffy's life in "Anne" mirrors Faith's later situation, making Buffy's lack of empathy for Faith even more frustrating.
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Show Notes
First Watcher’s Diary of Season Three is HERE and we are talking about Practical Magic 2, Jenny’s son heckling her, the ongoing saga of URINE: IS IT STERILE, what Dawn has been doing, and some more on lovers that are also baskets.
Practical Magic 2 Spoilers: 4:37 - 12:39
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“Wicker, Bread Husbands, and Heterofabulism”
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